Photo: Long-distance travel estimated by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Traveler Analysis Framework, visualized spatially. Overall, approximately 8,500 strategically located fast-charge stations, with an average of three plugs each, are needed to provide a minimum level of national coverage for 7 million electric vehicles. (credit: NREL)

Photo: Long-distance travel estimated by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Traveler Analysis Framework, visualized spatially. Overall, approximately 8,500 strategically located fast-charge stations, with an average of three plugs each, are needed to provide a minimum level of national coverage for 7 million electric vehicles. (credit: NREL)

Illustration Photo: Blowing the bugs from under the mangosteens' leaves prior to Vapour Heat Treatment, which is compulsory for exports to the Japanese market (credits: Fruitnet.com / Flickr CC BY 2.0)

Illustration Photo: Blowing the bugs from under the mangosteens' leaves prior to Vapour Heat Treatment, which is compulsory for exports to the Japanese market (credits: Fruitnet.com / Flickr CC BY 2.0)

Photo: Founded at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Sistine Solar creates custom solar panels designed to mimic home facades and other environments, as well as display custom designs, with aims of enticing more homeowners to install photovoltaic systems. (Courtesy of Sistine Solar)